Historical Concerts presented by Professor Niecks (1893-1914)

From 1894 to 1914 Professor Niecks presented a varied and interesting series of Historical concerts during the academic year to complement his lectures on harmony, advanced harmony, counterpoint, form, aesthetics etc. The concerts were intended mainly for the benefit of the students taking his classes in music but were open to the wider University and members of the public for a small fee and by invitation of Professor Niecks to members of the music profession. The Historical concerts were all presented in the University Music Class Room, mostly on Wednesdays but sometimes on Thursdays or Tuesdays. Niecks was delighted that from 1893 female students were eligible to attend music lectures and also the concerts.

1893-1894:
Six Historical Concerts illustrative of the development of dramatic music
Italian opera in the 17th Century
Italian opera in the 18th Century
French opera in the 17th and 18th Centuries
German opera composers of the 18th Century
Opera in the first forty years of the 19th century
Opera from 1840 to the present day

1894-1895:
Six Historical Concerts, Five of String Quartet Music, One of Choral Music

1895-1896:
English glees, songs and instrumental music
Italian chamber music for four stringed instruments
French chamber music
Music of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, chiefly instrumental, played on old instruments
German chamber music
Slavonic chamber music

1896-1897:
Italian vocal, and Italian and German instrumental chamber music of the 17th and 18th centuries
Old music on old instruments, chiefly English and French harpsichord music
Old music on old instruments, chiefly Italian and German clavichord and harpsichord music
Italian solo and choral vocal music and German organ music of the early 18th century
Recital of virtuoso pianoforte music

1897-1898:
English Cathedral music from the 16th to the 19th century
English Cathedral music from the 16th to the 19th century (cont.)
Chamber music for wind instruments and pianoforte
Recital of virtuoso violin music from Corelli to the present day
Recital of virtuoso violin music from Corelli to the present day (cont.)

1898-1899:
French music of the time of Louis XIV and Louis XV
German songs (Schubert and Schumann) and violin and piano music
Recital of virtuoso violoncello music
Clarinet and pianoforte music interspersed with songs
A recital of German songs (Mendelssohn, Robert Franz, Adolf Jensen, and Brahms), interspersed with instrumental music.

1899-1900:
A recital of classical string quartets
A recital of harp music
A Purcell concert
A Schumann pianoforte recital
Classical string quartets

1900-1901:
Early symphonies by Haydn, and predecessors and contemporaries of Haydn
A melodramatic recital, interspersed with some violoncello music
Early Symphonies by Predecessors and Contemporaries of Haydn Concert "in Memory of Her Majesty our late Queen"
A recital of pianoforte works by Johannes Brahms

1901-1902:
The sonata for pianoforte and violin, from J. S. Bach to Mozart
The sonata for pianoforte and violin, from Beethoven to Richard Strauss
Italian comic opera in the 18th century, from Pergolesi to Cimarosa
"Some forgotten symphony composers"

1902-1903:
A recital of French violin music, from Senaillé to Rode, interspersed with French chansons
A recital of British-Irish harpsichord and pianoforte music (from the 16th to the present century)
Vocal music for four and fewer voices, with and without pianoforte accompaniment, interspersed with pianoforte solos
Chamber music for different combinations of bow and wind instruments, with and without pianoforte

1903-1904:
A recital of original pianoforte duets (from the second half of the 18th century to the present day), interspersed with songs by Adolf Jensen
A concert of wind-instrument chamber music
A Liszt pianoforte recital, illustrative of the different classes of the master's music for pianoforte solo
The Waltz from Mozart to Johan Strauss, the Younger; and two overtures by Auber and the Reid Music

1904-1905:
The first of two recitals of Beethoven sonatas by Mr Frederic Lamond
Second recital of Beethoven sonatas by Mr Frederic Lamond
Carissimi and Handel as oratorio composers
The Overture from Monteverdi to Wagner